Éric Cantona
Actor
- Born
- May 24, 1966 (age 60) · Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Eric Daniel Pierre Cantona (born 24 May 1966) is a French actor and former French international footballer. He played for Auxerre, Martigues, Marseille, Bordeaux, Montpellier, Nîmes and Leeds United before ending his professional footballing career at Manchester United, where he won four Premier League titles in five years and two League and FA Cup Doubles.
Cantona is often regarded as having played a key role in the revival of Manchester United as a footballing force and he enjoys iconic status at the club. He wore the number 7 shirt at United, which was previously worn by George Best and Bryan Robson, and subsequently worn by David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo. Cantona is affectionately nicknamed by Manchester United fans "King Eric", and was voted as Manchester United's greatest ever player by Inside United magazine. Set against his footballing achievements was a poor disciplinary record throughout his career, including a conviction for assault on a fan in 1995.
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Following his retirement from football, he took up a career in cinema and had a role in the 1998 film Elizabeth, starring Cate Blanchett, and the 2009 film Looking for Eric.
In 2010, he debuted as a stage actor in Face au paradis, a French play directed by his wife, Rachida Brakni.
On 19 January 2011, Cantona joined the revived New York Cosmos as Director of Soccer.
Known for
Elizabeth
September 13, 1998
The Salvation
May 22, 2014
AKA
April 28, 2023
The Killer
August 22, 2024
Looking for Eric
May 27, 2009
Porn in the Hood
July 11, 2012
The Children of the Marshland
March 3, 1999
Happiness Is in the Field
December 6, 1995
Switch
June 6, 2011
The Class of ‘92
December 1, 2013
The Car Keys
December 10, 2003
You and the Night
September 8, 2013
Acting84
- 2026La Nirvana
- 2026Marvelous Mornings as Titou
- 2026Cantona as Self
- 2026The Sentinel
- 2025Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés as Self (archive footage)
- 2025Together for Palestine as Self
- 2024The Killer as Gobert
- 2023Manchester United : début de règne
- 2023Magic 7 as Eric
- 2023L'Âge d'or de la pub as Self (archive footage)